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A Brief History On The Life Of Matilda Sissieretta (Joynor) Jones "The Black Patti" 1869-1933 (?), Carl Russell Gross
A Brief History On The Life Of Matilda Sissieretta (Joynor) Jones "The Black Patti" 1869-1933 (?), Carl Russell Gross
Dr. Carl Russell Gross papers
A short biography written by Dr. Carl Russell Gross on the singer Matilda Sisseretta (Joynor) Jones. This work was part of a larger lifetime work by Dr. Gross, an unfinished manuscript that would be "something of the history of our race in (Rhode Island)."
On this history of this biography, he writes, "a request came from a student at Syracuse University, N. Y. to the Rhode Island Historical Society for information concerning Madame Jones and they referred her to me. Her doctoral dissertation is on the Negro's role in the 19th century concert life, her central figure being Madame Matilda …